Michael B. Himmel — Chair of White Collar Criminal Defense Practice and Partner at Lowenstein Sandler

Mr. Michael B. Himmel serves as the Chair of White Collar Criminal Defense Practice and Partner at Lowenstein Sandler PC. Prior to that, Mr. Himmel served as Partner at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel LLP. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2000, Mr. Himmel has been selected for inclusion in two categories, Criminal Defense and Business Litigation. He served as Co-Chairing National Litigation Practice at Lowenstein Sandler PC. He was also selected for inclusion in the Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers 2003-2004 guide as a leading individual in the Litigation practice area. He is the 2003 recipient of the Trial Bar Award of the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. He served as President of the Association of the Federal Bar for the State of New Jersey for the term 1998-2000. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Himmel has developed a practice concentration in white collar criminal defense including areas such as insider trading and related securities fraud matters, political corruption, antitrust, bank and government procurement fraud, public corruption, environmental and food and drug violations, and tax fraud matters. His clients have included private and public corporations, officers and directors of private and public corporations, professionals and state and federal officials. He also has assisted corporate clients with internal investigations. Prior to joining Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel in 1982, Mr. Himmel was an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County, New York, and later served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. During his years as a federal prosecutor, Mr. Himmel successfully prosecuted numerous high visibility white collar criminal cases which resulted in the convictions of a New Jersey state senator, a former speaker of the New Jersey Legislature, and a number of union officials. A frequent lecturer for the Institute on Continuing Legal Education on white collar criminal defense topics, he has been a panelist and faculty member for the American Bar Association White Collar Crime Institute. Since 1985, Mr. Himmel has served as an arbitrator for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He is a member of the Litigation, Antitrust, and Criminal Justice Sections of the American Bar Association, as well as the New Jersey and New York State Bar Associations. He is admitted to practice in New York (1975) and in New Jersey (1982). Mr. Himmel received his J. D. from St. Louis University School of Law in 1974 and B.S. from New York University in 1971.